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Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2009 16:06:24 -0400
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Subject: CFP: Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship

Call for Papers



The Catharine Stimpson Prize

for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship


The University of Chicago Press is pleased to announce the competition for the 2011 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship.   Named in honor of the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society , the Catharine Stimpson Prize is designed to recognize excellence and innovation in the work of emerging feminist scholars.

The Catharine Stimpson Prize is awarded biannually to the best paper in an international competition.   Leading feminist scholars from around the globe will select the winner.   The prize-winning paper will be published in Signs , and the author will be provided an honorarium of $1,000. All papers submitted for the Stimpson Prize will be considered for peer review and possible publication in Signs .

Eligibility:   Feminist scholars in the early years of their careers (less than seven years since receipt of the terminal degree) are invited to submit papers for the Stimpson Prize.   Papers may be on any topic that falls within the broad rubric of interdisciplinary feminist scholarship. Papers submitted for the prize must be no longer than 10,000 words and must conform to the guidelines for Signs contributors.   Guidelines for submission are available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/Signs/instruct.html .

Deadline for Submissions:   The deadline for submissions for the next Catharine Stimpson Prize is March 1, 2010.


Please submit papers online at http://signs.edmgr.com . Be sure to indicate submission for consideration for the Catharine Stimpson Prize in the cover letter. The honorarium will be awarded upon publication of the prize-winning article.

Papers may also be submitted by post to:

The Catharine Stimpson Prize Selection Committee
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
Rutgers University
8 Voorhees Chapel
5 Chapel Drive
New Brunswick , New Jersey 08901

Congratulations to Seema Arora-Jonsson, winner of the 2009 Catharine Stimpson Prize for her essay "Discordant Connections: Discourses on Gender and Grassroots Activism in Two Forest Communities," which will be published in the Autumn 2009 issue of Signs.

Karen Alexander PhD
Senior Editor
Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society

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Rutgers University
Voorhees Chapel
5 Chapel Drive
New Brunswick, NJ 08901


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